Even after they broke up, they would still meet. First as friends, then allegedly, as lovers. Even after Lim Lye Hock moved in with his girlfriend, even after he got married...

Tan Hui Ngin and Lim Lye Hock were from the same kampung, the same village. They had known each other for years. They had grown up together...

So why would Lye Hock run, and flee to Malaysia. Why would he leave Hui Ngin's battered decomposing body to be found days later in an abandoned chicken hatchery...?

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Rio the hammerhead, that's what they called him. Rio Alex Bulo would use two hammers, one in each hand, to bludgeon his victims to death.

The serial killer would leave a trail of victims in his wake. From Surabaya to Semarang, and finally in Purwokerto, Rio would be caught after a vicious attack in the Rosenda Hotel. The bloodstains spattered the walls and the ceilings...

But even his arrest would not stop his murderous urges, even in prison, Rio would kill a man many considered his friend...

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Valentine's day was coming up. But instead of a romantic evening, Ma Jia Jue was planning something else. From 13th to 15th February 2004, he committed quadruple murder.

Ma Jia Jue killed four of his fellow students in their shared dorm, before leaving their bodies in the dorm room's closet. They would not be found until almost ten days later. What triggered this heinous crime; an accusation of cheating, a personal insult...?

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To the North Korean police, Park Myung-sik was a ghost. He stalked and killed students who worked in rural communal farms. He would capture his victim, then tear their liver out for consumption.

Park Myung Sik believed that eating a healthy liver would cure his own cirrhosis. The cannibal killer, the organ harvester - he claimed at least 12 victims...

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Pradyuman Thakur was just seven years old. Barun Thakur, ever the devoted dad, had driven both kids to the gate of their private school. In less than ten minutes, Pradyuman would be dead.

He had been stabbed twice in the neck before being rushed to the hospital. Allegedly, the school did not tell his parents about Pradyuman's injuries or call the police. By noon the same day, the local police arrested Ashok Kumar - it was reported that the confession was tortured out of him and he was . A month later, the CBI arrested a sixteen-year-old student.

What happened could have happened in those ten minutes, and who would have wanted to kill an innocent young boy?

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On 27th May 1967, Lucila Lalu's butchered legs were found wrapped in newspapers in the trash. Days later, her torso was found in a vacant lot. Who would have wanted to kill the young, successful, mother and entrepreneur?

Could it have been her common-law husband - the already married policeman Aniano de Vera? Did jealousy push him over the edge after he found out about Lucila's sordid affair with the much younger boy toy Florante Relos?

Perhaps it was a different lover, or could she have been an unfortunate, unlucky victim of a serial killer...?

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Reuben and I discussed the unruly household appliances and possibly haunted airbnb villa we stayed in when visiting Bali.

We also chat cruising holidays and podcast plans for the new year! 

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Naina Sahni was driven, and accomplished; she was well educated, she had a pilot's license, she owned a boutique, and she thought that she had found the One.

Sushil Sharma was intelligent, charming, and the president of the Delhi Youth Congress. Sushil pursued her relentlessly - there was no doubt that the couple would be a good fit. It seemed that he was madly in love with her...

That is...

Until they actually got married. The mask slipped, and he became controlling, jealous, secretive. The romantic dream would become a nightmare, ending with Naina's body on a pyre in a tandoori oven...

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This Halloween we have a spooky chat with our favorite creepy conversationalists, Kyle and Wayne from @WeAreHantu! 

We start this episode with a background on the origins of Halloween. Then, we pit the best friends against each other with a Scary Story Showdown. Remember to vote in the polls below~

At the night's end, we adventure into a supernatural forest - will Kyle and Wayne survive...?

Well, even if they don't, you can always catch Kyle and Wayne at:  

• Spotify: Ghost Maps by HANTU
• Instagram: @wearehantu
• TikTok: @wearehantu
• Youtube: @wearehantu
• Website: hantu.sg
• Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WEAREHANTU

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Wowon Erawan promised financial returns like no other. He claimed that powerful magic was the source of his monetary success...

He claimed he could double, no triple, your money...

And when his victims came to collect, they could lose more than just money - they could lose their lives...

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It was December 2019, when one man decided to do his Christmas shopping somewhere unusual...

Instead of going to the usual departmental store or Toys R Us, this man decided he wanted something a little more unique to play with, to take care of...

It's scary to think about what you can buy on the black market...

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